Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
It's 5.50 a.m.... Do you know where your stack pointer is?
Anonymous
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'
Isaac Asimov
Programming is not like being in the CIA; you don't get credit for being sneaky. It's more like advertising; you get lots of credit for making your connections as blatant as possible.
Steve McConnell on coupling from, "Code Complete."
Software isn't about methodologies, languages, or even operating systems. It is about working applications.
Christopher Baus
If two people write exactly the same program, each should be put into microcode and then they certainly won't be the same.
Alan J. Perlis
Fast, Cheap, Reliable: Pick any two.
Anonymous
Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.
George S. Patton
Code is everything I thought poetry was, back when we were in school. Clean, expressive, urgent, all-encompassing. Fourteen lines can open up to fill the available universe.
Richard Powers
If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.
Robert X. Cringely
If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.
Cicero